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Patent GB-190620547-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Bottling Apparatus.
Inventor: PINDSTOFTE ANDERS ANDERSEN
Filed: 1906-09-15
Granted: 1906-10-25
Abstract: 20,547. Pindstofte, A. A. Sept. 15. Bottling. - A bottle rest is balanced by a counterweight so that it may be moved freely during the changing of the bottles, the counterweight being then locked to a second weight, so that the bottle is pressed firmly up to the filling-nozzle by the combined action of the two weights. The bottle rest f is carried by a guide-rod g, and is balanced by a counterweight n carried by a cord or chain k passing over rollers m, i, and adjustably connected to the frame. The weight n is detachably connected to a second weight p by a pawl s. To change the bottles, the weight p is raised by a treadle v, the pawl s being disconnected from the weight n by coming into contact with a bracket u on the machine frame. When it is required to raise the empty bottle to the filling- nozzle, the treadle v is released, the weight p descends, and the pawl re-engages the weight n, the two weights then acting together and independently of the size of the bottles.
Patent GB-190622801-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Machine for Vending Postage Stamps, and the like.
Inventor: PARKER ALEXANDER
Filed: 1906-10-15
Granted: 1907-05-23
Abstract: 22,801. Parker, A. Oct. 15. Sale apparatus ; deliverg mechanism.-Postage stamps, railway and tramway tickets, &c., in the form of a continuous strip, are wound on a roller and passed thence along a guide 2, Fig. 4. After prepayment, the shaft f is rotated, when a cam 24 engages the upright arm 23 of a slide 16, moving the latter and with it the stamp &c. strip owing to the engagement of pins 21, which work in grooves 22 in the guide-plate. These pins are adjustably mounted in the plate 20, which is carried by a roller 18 revolubly mounted in a frame 15, travelling with the slide. The rotation of the shaft f simultaneously lowers a plunger 9 through a pin 29, connecting-rod 11, and crank-pin on the disk 13, the pin 29, at the termination of the feed, engaging a curved arm carried by the roller and raising the pins 21 from the strip. The projection 14 on the plunger then causes the spring-actuated blade 6 to cut off the foremost stamp, which falls through the aperture 3 and passes out of the machine. The continued rotation of the cam 24 allows the spring 25 to return the slide to its normal position, when the pin 29 escapes from the curved arm on the roller and a spring again throws the pins into engagement with the strip. Coin action ; coin-discharging mechanism.-The coin enters a pocket in a disk, which is mounted on the shaft f and positioned by an arm k and spring m, and prevents a spring-actuated detent from engaging a notch in the disk when the shaft is rotated. A weighted arm pivoted between the sides of the coin disk serves to eject the coin. Fraud, preventing; returning coin.-Heavy coins weigh down the lever u, while light coins fail to overbalance the lever w, the coins in both cases passing out by the shoot z. The storage roller is mounted on a pivoted lever which, when the strip is entirely unwound from the roller, tilts and raises the counterweight x of the lever u, allowing any further coins that may be inserted to pass out by the shoot z.
Patent GB-190628923-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Lawn-mowers and other Machinery
Inventor: GAGE GEORGE WASHINGTON
Filed: 1906-12-18
Granted: 1907-12-05
Abstract: 28,923. Gage, G. W., and Kaehler, A. H. Dec. 18. Cam mechanism. - The cutter - bar of a lawnmower is reciprocated by means of a special cam mechanism which is applicable to other machinery in which a conversion of rotary into reciprocating movement is required. Cam-disks 11 are keyed to a shaft 9 passing through a sleeve 8 connecting the side frames 1, and are driven from the hollow ground wheels 10 by means of pawls 12 and ratchet teeth 13. Their inner faces are formed with undulating surfaces, the projections on one being opposite to the depressions on the other. Each end of the cutter - bar 18 is provided with an adjustable socket 22 containing a ball 28 held against antifriction balls 27 by the edge of the socket or by a bush screwed into the socket. The balls 28 engage with the cam-disks 11, which may be made of thin corrugated metal. Two ball sockets may be provided at one end of the bar 18 to engage both sides of a single disk.
Patent GB-190629294-A (GB)
Title: Method of and Means for Regulating the Supply in Apparatus for Distributing Liquids.
Inventor: BARDY PIERRE
Filed: 1906-12-22
Granted: 1907-12-21
Abstract: 29,294. Bardy, P. Dec. 27, 1905, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Oil-lamp reservoirs, regulating oil level in.-The liquid level in a tank supplying oil to an oil lamp is maintained at a constant but adjustable height by means of a valve operated by a float, the buoyancy of which can be varied in different ways. In one form of apparatus, shown in Fig. 1, the liquid-distributing tank 3, which contains the wick or lantern tubes, is divided by a partition d into two parts b, c, in communication through apertures e therein. The liquid is supplied by a pipe 4 ; a subsidiary supply is also provided through a valve V controlled by the float f. The float operates the valve V through a lever j, which is pivoted at k and has an extension t acted upon by a spring r regulated by a screw p so as to control the buoyancy of the float. If the liquid falls below the normal level N, the float f opens the valve V to give an additional supply. In order to alter the liquid level, say, from N to N<1>, the screw p is adjusted to compress the spring r, which, acting on the lever j, operates to increase the buoyancy of the float, thereby causing the valve to close at the lower level N<1>. The screw p and spring r may be replaced by an adjustable weight on an extension of the lever j. In Fig. 3 the float is shown in the form of a bell 21, the buoyancy of which is regulated by admission or removal of a fluid by a tube 24. In a modification, the bell is provided with a similar but smaller bell-shaped member, which can be adjusted vertically inside the larger bell by a screw. Fig. 6 shows another form of the apparatus in which the float operates electric contacts controlling electro-magnets 18, 19, which operate the valve in the subsidiary inlet. In this arrangement the buoyancy of the float is controlled by an electro-magnet. Variations in the volume of the float may be obtained by making the floats telescopic and operating them by fluid pressure supp'ied from the outside of the apparatus.
Patent GB-190703704-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Carburetting Apparatus for Internal Combustion Engines.
Inventor: BRAMLEY-MOORE SWINFEN
Filed: 1907-02-14
Granted: 1907-12-19
Abstract: 3704. Moore, S. Bramley-. Feb. 14. Heating air; thermostats.-In internal - combustion engines using a liquid f u e l, the orifice of the airinlet pipe is provided with a heating - device so arranged that the temperature of the air may be varied as desired. As shown in Fig. 1, the orifice of the air-pipe X is arranged above or below an annular chamber A heated by the exhaust of the engine or by the cooling-water. A sleeve B sliding in or on the chamber A or on the inlet pipe X is operated by a bell-crank lever C or other means so that the air entering the pipe is caused to pass mora or less into the chamber. In lieu of an annular chamber, a bend may be provided in the exhaust or water pipe and the sleeve arranged to slide over it. By connecting the sleeve with a float resting on a column of mercury, the device may be rendered automatic in action.
Patent GB-190706699-A (GB)
Title: An Electric Lamp Holder for Rapid Attachment to Conductors.
Inventor: MAGUNNA HENRI
Filed: 1907-03-20
Granted: 1907-08-08
Abstract: 6699. Magunna, H. March 20,1906, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Incandescent lamps.-A bayonet or screw holder for rapid attachment to continuous insulated conductors, of the type described in Specifications Nos. 9504 and 13,868, A.D. 1902, is provided with a number of contactpoints 5 on each piston bolt or equivalent. The conductors 8, 9 are pressed on to the points 5 by a cover 2 and screw plate 1, the cover being slotted for passage of the conductors. The Specification in the original form as published under the Act of 1901 states that the points 5 may be omitted when bare or denuded conductors are used. This subjectmatter does not appear in the Complete Specification as accepted.
Patent GB-190711273-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Printing Presses.
Inventor: LAKE HAROLD WILLIAMSON
Filed: 1907-05-14
Granted: 1908-05-14
Abstract: 11,273. Lake, H. W., [Goss Printing Press Co.]. May 14. Printing-surfaces ; printing-rollers.-Plate-clamping devices for forme cylinders or flat beds comprise clamps which are given a downward movement as well as a lateral movement when opening, and allow of closer positioning of the plates, or the use of double-width plates. The clamps consist of hooked members 27, Fig. 10, pivoted on a shaft 28, connected by bolts 30 and a worm-wheel 29 on opposite sides thereof. The worm-wheel is turned by a key-operated worm 31 to bring the members 27 into the desired position. The whole clamp is mounted in a block 26 held by sunk screws such as 37, Fig. 1, and may be placed in different positions for holding various sizes of forme, the unused positions being filled by dummy blocks 38. In some cases the outer plates D, Fig. 5, may be clamped by clamps 42 operated by screws 43 as there is sufficient room, and the worms for operating the inner clamping-members 27 for the plates C are operated through spindles 39 projecting at the side of the cylinder or bed.
Patent GB-190712656-A (GB)
Title: An Improvement in Dobby Looms.
Inventor: SCHWABE GEORG
Filed: 1907-05-31
Granted: 1908-01-16
Abstract: 12,656. Schwabe, G. May 31. Loom dobbies.-To ensure even movement of unharnessed jack-levers d, small filling-pieces a are secured to the lower knife - bar b to fill the clearance spaces usually provided between the knife-bar and the hooks c of the idle jacks.
Patent GB-190713719-A (GB)
Inventor: PHILLIPS WILLIAM ALFRED
Filed: 1907-06-13
Granted: 1908-01-16
Abstract: 13,719. Phillips, W. A., and Hutchins, F. June 13. Smoothing, waxing, and drying cord and twine.- Relates to apparatus for polishing or finishing cotton-covered wire coated with wax, varnish, &c., also applicable for finishing and lustring cords, twines, threads, &c., either in a dry state or after passing through a waxing, insulating, glazing, or like bath, or through graphite, bronze powder, or soap. The covered wire A, Fig. 1, from the drum B is waxed or varnished by passing around a roller C partly immersed, and is polished by means of a revolving tool or spindle K, preferably of hardened steel provided with a spiral groove, along which the wire passes, making line contact. The wire may then pass through a drying-tube L and another polishing-device K prior to being wound on a drum. The tool or spindle K is mounted in a driven tool-holder G, Fig. 4, and the covered wire A passes along the spiral groove, which deviates it from the straight line to produce a rubbing action, and through the hollow shank of the tool, the depth, length, and pitch of the groove determining the amount of rubbing. Superfluous wax, varnish, &c. is thrown off against a surrounding tube M and runs back into the receptacle D, the throwing- off effect being increased when a viscous varnish is used by the provision of a flange at the lower end of the tool. The lower end of the drying-tube L terminates in a box L<2> with an iulet pipe for supplying hot air etc.; gas may, however, be employed, in which case an internal concentric tube at the lower end of the tube L protects the wire from the direct action of the fumes. The tube L and the inner tube are slit vertically to facilitate the introduction of the wire.
Patent GB-190714957-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or connected with Embossing or Perforating Presses.
Inventor: KELLY ARTHUR ROBERT
Filed: 1907-06-29
Granted: 1908-06-29
Abstract: 14,957. Kelly, A. R., and Trimming, S. June 29. Embossing.-In lever embossing and perforating presses, the die c is depressed by a lever b having a cam or eccentric b<2> which bears directly on the back of the die. The die is provided with studs c<1>, which work through holes a<4> in the press head a<1> and are supported by springs c<3> in compression bearing against heads c<2>.
Patent GB-190715389-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Umbrellas, Parasols and the like.
Inventor: MAULE JANET
Filed: 1907-07-04
Granted: 1908-04-23
Abstract: 15,389. Maule, J. July 4. Covers.-The part of the cover of an umbrella &c. above the level of the eyes is made of a transparent and flexible material such as mica, celluloid, &c., arranged in such a manner as to permit of easy folding. The transparent material may be connected in any way to the material of the cover, but preferably the parts C, D near each rib and the middle of each fold, respectively, are of the same material as that of the cover, or similar to it.
Patent GB-190716480-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Filters.
Inventor: CHALLIS CHARLES EBENEZER
Filed: 1907-07-18
Granted: 1908-05-14
Abstract: 16,480. Challis, C. E. July 18. Nozzles.-Filter screens are constructed of finelycarded asbestos, felted and pressed into disks, which have their surfaces coated with pulverized charcoal, infusorial earth, or other material, the edges being united together by a flexible waterproof cement, such as celluloid or rubber solution. The screens may be formed of any number of disks, the exposed surfaces at top and bottom being usually left uncoated and a layer of filtering-material sometimes deposited on the screen when in position. With the arrangement shown in Fig. 2, screens J placed between perforated or gauze disks H are held in position on either side of a flange G in the ring F by means of caps K. The screens are of greater diameter than the ring so that their edges are forced outwards around the rolled edges of the caps K and form a tight joint with the ring. An outlet is pierced in the stem E and the filter may be fixed by means of a plug D in a diaphragm separating chambers for filtered and unfiltered liquid, or the stem may be provided with a tube to fit it for suction or siphonic action.
Patent GB-190717815-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Fabric for Tyres for Vehicles
Inventor: WALE ALFRED EDMUND
Filed: 1907-08-06
Granted: 1908-06-18
Abstract: 17,815. Wale, A. E. Aug. 6. No Patent granted (Sealing fee not paid). Tyres, elastic other than pneumatic.-A rubber tyre T has embedded bands C of interwoven wire helices, the axes of the helices being arranged radially as shown. Fig. 3 shows a form in which the circumferential bands C are also interwoven transversely of the tyre. Preferably the metallic core and the rubber body are of approximately equal elasticity. In the construction of a tyre cover, springs of smaller dimensions and shorter axially are used.
Patent GB-190719493-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Interlocking Signal and Points Levers on Railways.
Filed: 1907-08-30
Granted: 1908-07-30
Abstract: 19,493. Siemens Bros. & Co., and ferreira, L. de M. G. Aug. 30. Interlocking apparatus ; miniature signals and indicators.-In a system on which the locking- devices for points and signal levers are controlled from a centre, each lever is provided with a circuitcompleting tappet, which, when moved, varies the condition of electromagnetically-controlled locks, one controlling the tappet that is being moved, and another controlling that which has just been moved. The tappets and locks are similar in operation to those described in Specification No. 214, A.D. 1899. The tappets a, a', Fig. 1, in the central station are controlled by the locks b, b<1> and have arms c, c' which complete circuits at contacts d, d' when the tappet is moved over. When the tappet a is operated, the circuit is completed through the lock f controlling the tappet g of the lever h, thus raising the bolt and allowing the lever to be pulled over, breaking the circuit at i, and locking the tappet a in its forward position until the signal is again put to danger. When it is desired to control levers in one cabin from two other centres, a tappet, such as a<1>, at the first centre, controls a lever h' in the first cabin, which in turn controls a lever h' in the second cabin, the circuit through the lock f<2> of the lever h<2> being completed when the lever h<1> is pulled over, locking the tappet a<1>. When the lever h' is pulled over, the tappet g<1> of the lever h<1> is also locked by the bolt of the lock o. The casing at the centre contains, besides the tappets, a sliding bar q, Figs. 2 and 3, which is locked by the tappet r as long as any of the tappets a, a<1> are pulled out. This bar slides through a notch s<2> in the arm sand through a notch t<1> in the wards of an Annetts' key t, which is thus prevented from turning. When the bar is pulled out the notch q<1> in the bar registers with the notch t<1>, thus allowing the key to be turned and removed, and a notch q<2> registers with the notch s<2>, thus allowing the arm s to fall and lock the bar in its outward position, from which it cannot be removed until the key is replaced. The bar may also be locked in its outward position by a padlock placed through the holes p<2>, q<3>, which in this position register with one another. To the face of the core of the magnets b, b<1> is mounted a magnetic needle carrying a card v, which through a window in the casing indicates the position of the signal or points lever.
Patent GB-190720102-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Tops.
Inventor: MENGE EMIL
Filed: 1907-09-09
Granted: 1907-11-21
Abstract: 20,102. Menge, E. Sept. 9. Drawings to Specification. No Patent granted (Sealing fee not paid). Musical toys; tops.-The head of a top is made hollow and covered with a detachable lid. A small bell or the like inserted in the hollow part sounds while the top is spinning.
Patent GB-190720918-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Quick Boiling Kettles.
Inventor: WAITE JOHN
Filed: 1907-09-20
Granted: 1908-01-09
Abstract: 20,918. Waite, J. Sept. 20. Kettles.-In kettles provided with water tubes or the like for rapid heating, the body has a cover c with an open-ended inclined spout d having a hinged lid e, which leaves the end open as shown.
Patent GB-190721278-A (GB)
Title: Safety Device for Fire-arms.
Inventor: FROMMER RUDOLF
Filed: 1907-09-25
Granted: 1908-03-05
Abstract: 21,278. Frommer, R. Sept. 25. Breech actions, sliding barrel and breeeh-block ; safety appliances generally applicable.-A locking device for an externally-operated safety slide or lever consists of a stationary spring catch which engages notches in the slide or like and is released by a push button or its equivalent mounted in the movable safety part, the releasing pressure acting in a different direction from that of the motion of the safety. Fig. 1 is a sectional elevation showing the invention applied to an automatic pistol described in Specification No. 20,362, A.D. 1901, and Figs. 2 and 3 are sections on the lines A-B and C-D respectively. The horizontal slide 1 has projections 11, 12, 13, 14 which in one position block the pistol locking device 15, the sear, the hammer, and the hammer spring. The slide 1 has two notches 6, Fig. 2, which are engaged by a projection 9 on the spring plunger 8. The plunger is pushed down to release the slide by the depression of a button 3, mounted in the slide @ and having a nose 10 which crosses and engages the projection 9 on the plunger. The projection 14 which locks the hammer spring is made sufficiently long to retain the spring in position even in the unlocked position.
Patent GB-190727010-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Telegraphic Code Condensers.
Filed: 1907-12-06
Granted: 1908-10-15
Abstract: 27,010. Nobel's Explosives Co., and Dickie, M. B. Dec. 6. Codes.-A telegraphic code condenser' is constructed so that a large number of pronounceable " words," say two hundred thousand corresponding to the code numbers from 0 to 199,999, may be. employed. The apparatus consists of a circular scale a mounted on a board b and two circular scales c, d which are rotatable independently on a pivot e. The scale a is divided into one hundred compartments numbered 00 to 99, and each compartment bears a two-letter syllable made from one of the vowels, with one of the consonants of the series B, D, G ... Y, or of a series C, F ... Z, J being discarded. The scale is also divided into ten divisions, and the syllables in the first division are made from the vowel A with one of the first series of consonants taken in sequence, the syllables in the second division are made from the vowel E with one of the consonants in the second series taken in sequence, and so on. The scale c is divided into one hundred numbered compartments and into five divisions and the twoletter syllables in the first division are made from the vowel A with one ot the consonants taken in order, with J omitted. In the second division, the syllables are made from the vowel E, and so on. The scale d is arranged in five divisions, each of which has twenty compartments numbered from 00 to 19, and each compartment bears one of the consonants taken in order, with J omitted. In transmitting a sentence, the appropriate code number is set by turning the scales C, D and the word is read off. Two code numbers may be condensed and the words combined and read as one word.
Patent GB-190801318-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Change Speed Gears for Motor Vehicles.
Inventor: STANTON WILLIAM WRENTMORE
IPC: C07D493/22
Filed: 1908-01-20
Granted: 1908-11-05
Abstract: 1318. Stanton, W. W. Jan. 20. Motor road vehicles.-An automatic change-speed and reversing driving - gear suitable for motorvehicles comprises in combination epicyclic toothed gearing and slipping clutch controlled by a centrifugal governor. The driven shaft B is in line with the driving-shaft A, upon the squared end of which there slides a toothed pinion a. For direct driving, the pinion a is slid into mesh with a wheel d secured to a countershaft D, which is carried by a revoluble casing C. A pinion d<1> fast on the shaft D is always in mesh with a wheel b fast on the shaft B. When driving begins, the gear acts as a reducing-train, the casing C being kept from rotating backwards by a ratchet clutch c. A clutch-cone G slides on a squared part of the shaft D and is adapted to engage an internal cone G<1> fast on the casing C. The shaft B carries a governor H adapted to act through a lever h upon the cone G in such a way that, as the speed of the shaft B increases, the casing C begins to rotate so as to increase the gear-ratio. The casing C rotates faster until the gear rotates solid. An increased load or a brake c' applied to the casing C reverses this process. A wheel d<2> and an idler F are provided for reversed driving, when the brake c' is also required.